Kak mne bol'no; Kак мне больно (Sorrow in springtime; How it pains me; How painful for me)

Song TitleKak mne bol'no; Kак мне больно (Search)
Title in EnglishSorrow in springtime; How it pains me; How painful for me (Search)
Composer(s):Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич)
Author(s):G. (Glafira) Galina (Галина Адольфовна Глафира)
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Anguish; Blue; Bursting; Comparing; Comparisons; Conflicts; Contrast; Contrast: Beauty vs. Violence; Contrast: Emotional Distress vs. Natural Beauty; Contrast: Joy vs. Sorrow; Curls; Deafness; Depression; Emotions; Excruciating; Feelings; Forests; Fragrant; Fresh; Frost; Frustration; Hearts; Horizon; Juxtaposition; Lilacs; Living; Longing; Longing for Death; Longing for Release; Murmuring; Night; Nightingales; Painful; Pale; Restlessness; Seasons; Silencing; Silver; Singing; Sleeplessness; Songs; Sorrow; Souls; Sounds; Spring; Stillness; Torment; Tormenting; Turmoil; Yearning
First LineKak mne bol'no, kak khochetsja zhit'…; Как мне больно, как хочется жить… (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1902 (Search)
Larger WorkДвенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageRussian (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/b/be/IMSLP07300-Rachmaninov_-_Op._21,_No._12.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1Dm3ryhswrEpa8a9dsLMTi?si=iebFaruEQheioGL0GAxLVw
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 21 no. 12 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: D4 - Bb5 (Search)
Original KeyG minor (Search)
Dedicated ToVladimir Aleksandrovich Satin; Владимир Александрович Сатин (Search)
NotesDedicated to Vladímir Aleksándrovich Satín (1881–1945), the composer’s brother-in-law, the younger brother of Rachmaninoff’s wife Natalia; Glafira Adol'fovna Galina (Галина Адольфовна Глафира) is the pseudonym of Russian children's writer and poet Glafira Adol'fovna Mamoshina (Галина Адольфовна Мамошина), also known by her married name Countess Gloria Einerling and Gloria Guseva-Orenburgskaia (Search)
Sources CitedRachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search)
ContributorSHK/MRH (Search)
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